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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the
risk of fire, electrical shock and/or personal injury.
1 Make sure your electricity supply is the same as the one shown on the underside of your machine.
2 Read these instructions carefully and retain for future reference.
3 Remove all packaging and any labels.
4 This appliance produces steam which can burn you.
5 Avoid getting burned by steam coming out of the slow cooker, especially when removing the lid.
6 Be careful when handling the slow cooker, all parts get hot in use. Use oven gloves.
7 Avoid lifting the base unit during use and while the contents are still hot.
8 Use extreme caution when moving the cooking pot if it contains hot food or liquid.
9 Never use a damaged slow cooker. Get it checked or repaired: ‘see service and customer
care’.
10 Don’t use the cooking pot if it is damaged in any way.
11 Never put the base unit, cord or plug in water – you could get an electric shock. Keep the con-
trols clean and dry.
12 Never let the cord hang down where a child could grab it.
13 Always unplug the slow cooker when not in use.
14 Never put the appliance or components on stove burners or in an oven.
15 Do not use the appliance on heat sensitive surfaces.
16 Do not use the slow cooker near or below curtains or other combustible materials.
17 Only use the slow cooker with the cooking pot supplied.
18 Do not use outdoors.
19 Do not cover the cooking pot with anything other than the lid supplied.
20 This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory
or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision
or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
21 Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
22 Only use the appliance for its intended domestic use. De’ Longhi will not accept any liability if the
appliance is subject to improper use, or failure to comply with these instructions.
23 Never use frozen meat, fish or poultry in the slow cooker, defrost first.
24 Do not reheat food in the slow cooker.
25 Always ensure food is piping hot before eating.
26 Never partially cook meat and poultry and then refrigerate for subsequent cooking.
27 Follow the cooking advice of the ingredient manufacturer in particular with dried beans. For
example dried red kidney beans should be soaked overnight and then fast boiled on a cooker
for at least 10 minutes in a pan of fresh cooking water to destroy toxins before straining and
adding to the slow cooker.
Before using for the first time
28 Wash the parts see ‘care and cleaning’
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY
SHORT CORD INSTRUCTIONS
A short power cord is provided to reduce the risk resulting from entanglement or tripping
over a longer cord. Longer detachable power supply cords are available and may be used
if care is exercised in their use. If a longer detachable power cord or extension cord is used
(1) the marked electrical rating of the extension cord should be at least as great as the electrical
rating of the appliance, and (2) the longer cord should be arranged so that it will not
drape over the countertop or table top where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over
unintentionally. The electrical rating of the appliance is listed on the bottom of the unit. If the
appliance is of the grounded type, the extension cord should be a grounded type 3 wire cord.
This appliance has a polarized plug. One blade is wider than the other. To reduce the risk
of electrical shock this plug will fit in a polarized plug only one way. If the plug does not fit,
contact a qualified electrician. Do not attempt to modify the plug in any way.